I decided to choose the article on time management since I have been struggling with it more than usual during staying at home which I actually did not expect at all. I really enjoyed this article seeing that it gave both the general tips and ones that are a bit more specific and not as common. The chapter also had a lot of gradual progression ,to begin with it advised to skim through the courses’ syllabi and plug in all relevant due dates and announced assignments to be able to have an overview of the semester. it then went into more depth, into showing how to create an outline for a semester schedule containing more details about course content and assignment details. later on, they taught us how to make a detailed weekly schedule that has more meticulous details and divides the time amongst our daily lives and our academic lives in order to juggle both aspects.
once it got to a daily basis it introduced to do lists which is something I already recently familiarized myself with but was struggling to be consistent in. it gave several simple tips on how to make an efficient to do lists such as writing all tasks and their dates and then priotizing them in order of dates rather than writing everything you need to do and randomly select tasks throughout the days. it also introduced the several platforms to do lists can be done on and their various benefits. It actually introduced me to the apps and i think they can be much more suitable to my lifestyle. one concept i really liked as well is that they encouraged self motivation by gifting ourselves when we manage to finish our tasks on time, this is something i believe most of us forget to do when we’re constantly rushing to finish our tasks. lastly, it encouraged splitting big chunks of work and studying into smaller modules to be able to keep up with tasks and to be able to comprehend the knowledge better and more efficiently. i believe this is necessary at this point seeing that the workload is noticabely higher and harder to manage during this stressful time.
